“Beginner Ballet Barre Basics | Learn Balanchine At Home | Guided Pliés | Lessons with Lisa” Welcome to Balanchine technique! This is a guided barre for beginning level ballet students of all ages! In this class, we learn more about pliés, and how to add them to a step with music and with one arm at the barre. Feel free to follow along as we apply what we’ve learned to music. This is also great for intermediate dancers focused on pivoting to Balanchine technique, or dancers who are returning fro

Georges Bizet was only 17 years old when he composed his Symphony in C Major, but it was lost for nearly 80 years. Balanchine got wind of the rediscovered piece from Igor Stravinsky, and in 1947 choreographed La Palais de Cristal for the @Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris on Bizet's work. One year later, Balanchine staged the ballet for NYCB's first performance, having refined the costumes and set design, and simplified its title to Symphony In C. The ballet instantly became one of NYCB's signature wor

George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations is a classical ballet in miniature, complete with tutus, tiaras, and a central pas de deux. In both choreography and tone it reads as a dazzling tribute to Imperial Russia. Theme and Variations is onstage in Program 7 >> http://bit.ly/216Uubq | San Francisco Ballet

Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, George Balanchine's exaltation of classical bravura, returns this winter on the Balanchine Wheeldon program: nycballet.com/balanchinewheeldon The work's music originally scored a pas de deux Petipa added to Swan Lake after its premiere, which was omitted from the published score and remained unknown until the 1950s. Upon its discovery, Balanchine was granted permission to choreograph a ballet on the score, resulting in this beloved 8-minute adrenaline rush. Featuring Pr

Balanchine ballets are a bit like living history. Our dancers are guided through the elegance and every shimmering detail of Diamonds with the support of Balanchine Repetiteur Sandra Jennings. (🎥: Jasmine Jimison and Wei Wang in Balanchine's Diamonds) | San Francisco Ballet

Allegro Brillante dazzles with its intricate choreography, which Balanchine once said “contains everything I know about the classical ballet – in thirteen minutes”. See it on All Balanchine, JAN 22 through 29. | New York City Ballet

ABCs of NYCB: Spooky Edition! V is for Valse Fantaisie, the Balanchine ballet set to Mikhail Glinka's eponymous score, nicknamed the Melancholy Waltz. Though plotless, its swooning music and nonstop, whirling movement lend themselves to a suspenseful, delirious tenor. Inspired by The School of American Ballet's list of spooky ballets, we compiled selections from scores in our repertory with slightly macabre vibes, including some pieces you may have heard during the Digital Fall. Set the tone wit